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    To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers.
    —Adam Smith (1723–1790)

    The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
    Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)